Citation

Metheny N, Stephenson R. Violence Against Women 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1077801219884120

PMID

31726947

Abstract

This article uses a birth cohort analysis to examine whether the sociopolitical environments in which a woman forms attitudes around intimate partner violence (IPV) influence report of physical, sexual, and emotional IPV, and IPV justification in 25 low- and middle-income countries. Cohort effect is then examined across countries by rate of decline in gender inequality over time as measured by the Gender Inequality Index (GII).

RESULTS suggest a birth cohort effect for all types of IPV, with women reporting greater odds of IPV with each successive cohort. This is reversed when countries are stratified by rate of GII decrease, but wanes as the rate slows.

Language: en

Keywords

birth cohort analysis; gender inequality; intimate partner violence